LIFE HISTORY
DATA
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Caterpillar
common name:
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- "Melocoton cabeza
naranja"
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Caterpillar
behavior & description:
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- The larvae of this species
are solitary feeders.
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Rearing results
and development time:
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Host
plants:
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- Erato polymnioides
(Asteracae)
- Miconia sp.
(Melastomataceae)
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Parasitoids:
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Predators:
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Collection
sites:
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- Caterpillars were collected
inside primary forests, partially reforested pastures and
next to roads along an altitudinal transect from 400m
(Tena) to 3500m (Papallacta) in the vicinity of the
Yanayacu Biological Station and Center for Creative
Studies (YBS: S 00° 35.9' W 77° 53.4': 2100 m),
5km west of Cosanga, Napo province of eastern Ecuador.
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Voucher locations
& numbers:
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- @ American Museum of
Natural History : 13945
- @ University of Nevada
Reno (UNR): n.a.
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Adult
identification status:
Dissections:
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- Compared with type
collection @BMNH, collections @ ,
MNHN
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- No previous dissections
by authors or subsequent taxonomists.
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Original description
of adult:
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- Rothschild, L. W. 1909.
Descriptions of some new South American Arctiidae, with
notes. Novitates Zoologicae 16: 48.
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Type
locality:
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- Peru: Carabaya,
Santo Domingo.
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Known distribution
range:
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